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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Store (and access) old emails⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve set up a local mail archive with just dovecot + imap plugin. you don’t need the full mail server with postfix and whatnot, as it’s not intended to send anything anywhere, or even receive anything for that matter. it just sits there ready to be searched with thunderbird, no need for other complex solutions you’ve mentioned.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Selfhostable notes app that encrypts the files on Disk?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I wanted to write the same thing. have the notes app do the notes thing and handle encryption elsewhere.

  as to apps, I suggest QOwnNotes. it’s markdown, highly configurable so you can make it minimalistic AF, stores notes in invidual files and folders. it also has a bunch functionality like syncing to nexctcolud and such, but I’d advise against it, just use it as a notes editor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can the SATA-to-USB adapter affect the result of the bad sectors scan?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  first off, if you plan to scan the storage for bad “sectors”, that’s gonna take eons if the disk is of any considerable size. what’s more likely is you running the SMART self-test and that will work over any medium.

  the cables absolutely can and do cause corruption, whether it’s plain SATA-SATA cables or the USB-SATA with their own controller on it; however, if you don’t have reason to suspect this particular cable/adapter is faulty, it’s not a worry vector per se.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recommendations for cheap hardware upgrade⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have acknowledged that they’re that, but that’s not what OP asked for - they asked for a cheap setup (which the minis ain’t) and they intend to run a servarr instance, which implies large storage and those are both difficult and not cheap to cram into said minis.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recommendations for cheap hardware upgrade⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t understand the fascination of other commenters with mini-PCs, as the mini-ness was mentioned nowhere in the OP.

  any used and decomissioned old office PC, any i5/i7 is way more powerful than you’ll need for that setup. you get everything you need right in the box and you can cram it full with cheap RAM and hard disks. you get to repurpose something that’s useless as a desktop workstation and not buy more future e-waste.

  yes, the mini-PCs and the Rpis are more power efficient, but the operating costs of a $30-50 PC don’t come close to the price of buying one of these mini-things, not to mention - figuring out how to run large hard disks with it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Radarr lists⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m really sorry for reiterating this, but what you wrote also implies that movies that weren’t on any list will also be deleted (don’t want that), along with the movies that were on a list and now aren’t (do want that). do you have first-hand experience with this?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Radarr lists⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  just to be 101% certain, do you have first-hand experience with this? because I’d like other movies in my library that weren’t on no list to remain where they are…

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